Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron

The New York Times bestseller and "a rich brew of dystopic fantasy and deadpan goofiness" (The Washington Post) from the author of the Thursday Next series and Early Riser

Welcome to Chromatacia, where the societal hierarchy is strictly regulated by one's limited color perception. And Eddie Russet wants to move up. But his plans to leverage his better-than-average red perception and marry into a powerful family are quickly upended. Juggling inviolable rules, sneaky Yellows, and a risky friendship with an intriguing Grey named Jane who shows Eddie that the apparent peace of his world is as much an illusion as color itself, Eddie finds he must reckon with the cruel regime behind this gaily painted fa ade.

Author: Jasper Fforde
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 03/01/2011
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 7.71h x 5.06w x 0.73d
ISBN13: 9780143118589
ISBN10: 0143118587
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Humorous | General
- Fiction | Dystopian

About the Author
Jasper Fforde traded a varied career in the film industry for staring vacantly out of the window and arranging words on a page. He lives and writes in Wales. The Eyre Affair was his first novel in the bestselling Thursday Next series. He is also the author of the Nursery Crime series.